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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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