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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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