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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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