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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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