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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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