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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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