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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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