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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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