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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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