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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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