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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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