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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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