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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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