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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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