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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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