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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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