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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the 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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