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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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