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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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