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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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