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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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