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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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