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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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