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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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