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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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