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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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