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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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