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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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