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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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