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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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