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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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