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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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