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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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