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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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