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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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