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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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