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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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