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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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