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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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