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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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