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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners 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 a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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