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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about 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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