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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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