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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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