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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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