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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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