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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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