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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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