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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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