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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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