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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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