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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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