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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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