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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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