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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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