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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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