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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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