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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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