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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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