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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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