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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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