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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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