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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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