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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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