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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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