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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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