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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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