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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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