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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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