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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the 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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