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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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