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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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