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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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