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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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