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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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