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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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