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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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