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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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