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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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