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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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