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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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