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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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