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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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