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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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