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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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