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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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