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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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