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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically 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 topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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