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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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