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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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