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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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