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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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