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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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