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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning are empowering learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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