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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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