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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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