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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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