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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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