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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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