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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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