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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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