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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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