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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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