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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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