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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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