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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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