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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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