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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses 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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