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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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