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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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