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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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