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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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