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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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