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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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