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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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