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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology enable humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business 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 participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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