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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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