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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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