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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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