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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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