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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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