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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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