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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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