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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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