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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education enable humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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