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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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