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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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