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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because 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 teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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