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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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