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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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