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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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