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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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