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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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