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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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