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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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