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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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