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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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