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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What 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 participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes 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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