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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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