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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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