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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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