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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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