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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently 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 a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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