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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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