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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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