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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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