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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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