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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major 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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