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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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