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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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