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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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