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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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