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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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