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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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