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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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