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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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