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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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