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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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