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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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