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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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