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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the major 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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