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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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