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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions 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 experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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