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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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