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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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