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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education