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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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