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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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