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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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