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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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