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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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