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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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