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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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