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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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