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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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