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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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