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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are normally 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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