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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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