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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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