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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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