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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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