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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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