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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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