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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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