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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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