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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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