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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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