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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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