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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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