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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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