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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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