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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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