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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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