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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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