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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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