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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners 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 lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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