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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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