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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers 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 teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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