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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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