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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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