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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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