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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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