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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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