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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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