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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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