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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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