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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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