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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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