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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers 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 assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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