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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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