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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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