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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the 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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