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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we certify 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 massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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