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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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