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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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