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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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