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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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