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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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