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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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