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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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