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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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