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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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