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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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