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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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