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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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