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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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