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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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