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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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