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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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