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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education have empowered humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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