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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are empowering learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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