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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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