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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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