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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses 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 original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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