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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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