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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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