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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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