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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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