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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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