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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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