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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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