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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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