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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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