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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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