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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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