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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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