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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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