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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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