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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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