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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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