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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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