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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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