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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have empowered students all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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