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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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