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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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