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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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