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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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