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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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