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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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