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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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