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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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