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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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