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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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