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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information the definitive 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 intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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