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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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