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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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