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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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