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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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