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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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