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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in online courses. 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 MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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