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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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