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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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