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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations 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 handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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