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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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