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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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