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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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