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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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