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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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