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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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