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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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