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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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