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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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