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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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