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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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