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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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