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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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