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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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