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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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