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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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