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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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