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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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