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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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