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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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