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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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