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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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