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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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