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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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