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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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