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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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