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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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