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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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