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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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