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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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