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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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