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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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