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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are typically 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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