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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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