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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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