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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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