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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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