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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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