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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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