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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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