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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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