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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part 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 commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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