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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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