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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational initiatives. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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