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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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