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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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