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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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