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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business 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 original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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