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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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