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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses online. 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 massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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