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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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