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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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