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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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