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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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