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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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