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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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