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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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