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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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