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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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