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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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