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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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