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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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