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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)