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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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