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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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