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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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