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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies 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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