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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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