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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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