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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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