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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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