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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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