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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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