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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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