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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about 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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