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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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