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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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