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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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