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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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