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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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