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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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