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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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