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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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