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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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