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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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