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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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