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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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