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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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