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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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