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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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