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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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