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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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