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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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