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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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