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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always 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 e-learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors 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 massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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