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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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