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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates 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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