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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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