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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are considering now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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