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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand these new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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