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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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