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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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