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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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