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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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