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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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