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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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