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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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