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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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