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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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