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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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