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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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