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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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