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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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