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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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