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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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