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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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