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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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