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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for students all around 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 several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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