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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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