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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education enable students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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