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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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