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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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