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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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