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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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