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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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