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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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