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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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