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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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