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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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