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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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