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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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