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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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