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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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