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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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