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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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