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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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