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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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