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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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