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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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