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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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