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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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