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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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