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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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