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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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