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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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