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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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