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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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