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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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