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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently 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 many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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