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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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