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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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