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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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