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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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