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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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