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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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