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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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