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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also studies the 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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