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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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