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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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