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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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