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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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