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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the 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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