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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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