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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important 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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