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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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