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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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