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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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