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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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