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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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