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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor 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 online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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