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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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