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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different 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 evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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