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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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