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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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