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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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