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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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