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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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