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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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