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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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