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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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