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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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