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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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