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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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