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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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