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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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