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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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