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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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