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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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