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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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