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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum 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 subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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