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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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