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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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