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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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