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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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