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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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