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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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