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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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