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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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