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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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