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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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