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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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