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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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