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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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