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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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