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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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