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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open 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 teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)