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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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