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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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