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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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