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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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