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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are empowering learners all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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