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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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