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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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