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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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