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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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