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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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