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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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