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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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