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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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