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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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