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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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