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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education