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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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