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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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