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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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