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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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