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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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