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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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