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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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