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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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