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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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