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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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