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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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