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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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