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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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