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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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