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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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