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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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