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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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